Nail-holder for hammers



UNITED STATES NAIL-HOLDER FoR'HAMMnRs.

Application filed July 26, 1920. Serial No. 399,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Anvn) SALOMAA, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city. of Duluth and State of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Nail-Holders for Hammers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is in the nature of a nail holding attachment for hammers, and the object is to provide a very simple and efficient attachment for any hammer, and which when in place will afford a handy clip or holder for the nail while the latter is being started or set in the work.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hammer and attachment.

Fig. 2 is a frontal elevation.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 4 is a detail of the device itself.

The invention consists of two aws 3, pivotally connected at 5 and carryingthe complementary nail holding notc es 7. A U-shaped clamp spring 6 is connected at its base 9 with the pivoted ends of the jaws 3, while the free ends 1-0 of the spring impinge the outer faces of the jaws 3, thus holding them in contact. Laterally extended curved Specification of Letters Patent. V Patented May 31, 1921.

spring fingers or grips 2 extend from the pivoted ends of the jaws 3 and engage the 1 handle 1 of the hammer 11, in such manner that the notches 7 become positioned im-' mediately at the side of the hammer 11. The notches 7 engage the head 12 of the nail 8, thus holding the nail in convenient position for starting in the work. The at- What I claim to be new and patentable is PATENT canon.

A nail holding attachment for hammers,

comprising two jaws pivotally connected at their inner ends and having complementary nail engaging notches in their outer ends; a U-shaped spring mounted over said jaws and adapted to hold them closed; laterally extended grips adapted to releasably engage the hammer handle.

ARVID SALOMAA. Witnesses:

HILDA KILKANEN, VAINA LEPPA; 

